Fic Idea I'll probably Never Write I might End Up Writing
(Title changed because I realized I kinda love this)
Warriors as a changeling.
You know the story, the mum who's baby is stolen by the fae, and when she's given the chance to reclaim her child, she's presented with her baby and a changeling child that the fae have planted? And they look near identical? Yeah, that.
Warriors' mum had a child, but the midwife or whatever was fae and stole the baby away before she could even look at them. When she'd finally hunted the fae down there were two blonde haired little babies asleep in the cradle, and rather than choosing one or the other, Missus Taylor scooped both those babies up right then and there and told the fae good-day and good riddance.
Linkle was the original, Warriors was the changling. Their mum says they were just twins, and neither grow up with any idea of the truth
Until, of course, the war, where Warriors is rescuing fairies left right and center and forming the fairy corps, unknowingly becoming something of a temporary great fairy for them because none of them have a fountain home or great fairy to answer to anymore, and he's supplying them with food, clothes, care, a home, and magic, so he must be an adoptive great fairy, right?
He's confused, but just rolls with it. The fairies have no clue that he isn't aware of his own fairy blood, and just think he's particularly modest or whatever, or just prefers living like a mortal. Still, he's got the enchanting good looks and all the magic brewing up under his skin, so, like, there's no way people around him actually think he's a hylian, right?
Bring it to LU, and you have a Hyrule who takes one look at him and goes "huh, a changling who's somewhat sane? that's new, oh well" but ever so slowly starts piecing together that Wars has No Idea, and either or has to grapple with that himself, or inform the captain.
Maybe this results in Hyrule becoming Warriors Fairy God-Father? So to speak? Like, he's teaching him how to properly fairy, while also aware of the fact that Wars is full blooded, and very strong,a d he's just a half-blood himself. And just a normal fairy too, whereas the captain is honestly Great Fairy material (fairies work like bees, when nurtured slightly differently from the rest, they become great fairies, much like a baby bee can be nurtured into a queen or a worker).
But yeah, that jumped into my head yesterday because of a comment on ACAC, and I wanted to put it out there.
